Transferring an active domain name involves changing the registrar that provides the domain name registration service, so after the transfer itself, you’ll have to manage things like renewal payments or DNS modifications through the new domain registrar. The transfer process is standard with most generic and country-code domain name extensions. Certain country-code extensions are more specific and entail different procedures, but in the general case transferring a domain involves several basic procedures and one of them is unlocking the domain. The domain lock is a security feature, which is being embraced by more and more registry organizations. It is a standard feature supported by all generic TLDs. If a domain is locked, it will be impossible to initiate a transfer procedure, so no one can even attempt to steal your domain. The domain lock can be removed only through the account where the domain name is registered and all new domain names that support this option are locked by default when they are registered.

Registrar Lock in Cloud Web Hosting

If you purchase a cloud web hosting plan from our company, you will be able to manage all domains registered through us via our Hepsia hosting Control Panel and you will be able to unlock any of them with only a couple of clicks of the mouse. All registrations will be shown alphabetically in the Domain Manager section of the hosting Control Panel and for each one of them you’ll notice a mini padlock icon. Clicking on it will show you the present security lock status. If the domain is locked and you want to transfer it away, you will just have to click once again and you’ll be all set. Locking a domain name is just as easy and since the domain names are administered in the same place as the hosting account itself, you will not have to log in and out of different Control Panel tools.

Registrar Lock in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you’ve registered a domain name through us and you wish to transfer it away, you can quickly unlock it via the very same Hepsia Control Panel, which you use to administer your semi-dedicated server account. All domain registrations will be listed alphabetically in your account and you’ll see a mini padlock-like icon next to each domain name there, on the condition that its generic or country-code extension supports the registrar lock feature. You can find out if the domain name is locked or not by clicking on this icon and change the current status by clicking on it once again. You can then go ahead and start the domain transfer process straight away without needing to wait for the status to be changed on WHOIS lookup sites, as the update will propagate instantaneously without you or us having to do anything else.